Amazon Deforestation Shot Up by 278% Last Month, Satellite Data Show

The world's largest carbon offset is losing ground — fast.

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Cancer Patients Get Rare Blood Infection After Nurse Dilutes Opioids with Tap Water

Half a dozen cancer patients in New York developed a rare infection after they received injectable opioids that a nurse had diluted with tap water, according to a new report.

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Underwater Temple Revealed by Thailand's Extreme Drought

Thousands are flocking to the temple to pray and take pictures.

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We Could Be Witnessing the Death of a Tectonic Plate, Says Earth Scientist

A gaping hole in a dying tectonic plate beneath the ocean along the West Coast of the United States may be wreaking havoc at Earth's surface, but not in a way most people might expect.

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Mysterious, Ancient Radio Signals Keep Pelting Earth. Astronomers Designed an AI to Hunt Them Down.

Sudden shrieks of radio waves from deep space keep slamming into our radio telescopes, spattering those instruments' recordings with confusing data. And now, astronomers are using artificial intelligence to detect those outbursts.

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Thief Steals 'Cursed' Medieval Bell from 'Harry Potter' Island in Scotland

The bronze bell is a religious relic that may be 1,000 years old.

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3 Physicists Win $3 Million Prize for 'Supergravity' Discovery

Supergravity has inspired physicists for decades and may contain deep truths about the nature of reality.

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Bizarre 'Nanoseaweed' Is the Thinnest Gold in the World

The thinnest gold in the world will, sadly, not be adorning your fingers anytime soon.

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This Parrot Stood 3 Feet Tall and Ruled the Roost in New Zealand Forests 19 Million Years Ago

It was the largest parrot that ever lived, and is the only known giant parrot in the world.

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A Tiny Magma Blob May Rewrite Earth's History of Plate Tectonics

An International team of scientists finds evidence that Earth began recycling itself more than 3 billion years ago.

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A Woman Needed Her Hands and Legs Amputated After Contracting Infection from Dog 'Kisses'

A little lick from a puppy may have led to a life-threatening infection for one woman in Ohio, who ended up needing her hands and legs amputated.

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86 Skeletons Unearthed from Hidden Medieval Graveyard in Wales

Archaeologists discovered dozens of bodies in coffin-like stone boxes called cists.

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Hidden Water Found on Hawaii’s Kilauea Could Mean Explosive Eruptions

Water on Kilauea could trigger more explosive eruptions.

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Thousands of Tardigrades Stranded on the Moon After Lunar Lander Crash

When you look up at the moon, there may now be a few thousand water bears looking back at you.

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No Tie Between Mental Illness and Gun Violence

President Trump called for better identification of people with mental illness as a way to stop gun violence and mass shootings. But what would that do?

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Firearms Are 2nd-Leading Cause of Death in Kids and Teens

Here are the facts on the U.S. children and teens killed by guns.

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The Key to Life's Emergence? Bubbles, New Study Argues

They just want to create order in this chaotic world.

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'Lost' Statue of Alexander the Great (Minus the Nose) Turns Up in Museum Warehouse

No one knew this bust featured Alexander the Great, until now.

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Maya Civilization Was Ultraviolent, Even Before Its Collapse

Hieroglyphic inscription may overturn view of the Maya.

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Why Thousands of Hawaiians (Including Jason Momoa) Are Protesting a Giant Telescope on Mauna Kea

Native Hawaiians argue that the Thirty Meter Telescope, set for construction on the sacred site, was planned without care for their concerns.

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